These databases can help you locate publications, citations, documents, proceedings of relevant meetings by various organizations. The information is downloadable depending on some rights of the databases concerned. Most of the databases listed here are protected by copyright rules and thus require passwords and user names for access. In such an occurrence get in touch with the Librarian to get the required information.

* Limited to UN Staff, requires User Id and Password or its IP controlled

• Dawson: *
  Offers Dawson customers a comprehensive acquisition tool for bibliographic research, ordering, and financial management.
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
  Researchers can now search online for more than 46,000 articles published in open access scientific journals, thanks to the launch of the second phase of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). It now gives access to more than 1,100 open access journals, 270 of which are searchable by article.
• EBSCO, Environment Complete :*
  Environment Complete™ offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more.
• Economist Intelligence Unit:*
  Provides economic and political analysis and forecasts for over 200 countries e.g. Country reports, Country Risk Service, Country Forecast and many others.
• Encyclopaedia Brittanica:*
  Encyclopædia Britannica Online Academic Edition brings together the world-renowned content of the
  encyclopedia, with the speed and convenience of the Internet. To help you use the site more effectively, we’ve
  created this short tour. It will guide you from the home page through a search results page and finally to an
  article page. In addition, it will highlight some of the additional features of the site, including World Data,
  Notable Quotations, and Gateway to the Classics.
• Encyclopaedia Universalis:*
  The entire Encyclopaedia Universalis is available online. A powerful and intelligent search engine provides access to more than 33,000 articles including exclusive articles weekly and monthly dossiers to understand the issues and problems of our times; 17,000 media items; a world atlas with over 700 maps; an integrated dictionary with 120,000 entries; and a guide to selected Web sites. This is the most comprehensive encyclopedia in the French language all with the speed and convenience of the Internet.
• Facts on File:*
  Provides information on events , issues, statistics and people of the last 60 years

• Fishbase

  The purpose of this page is to give you background information on FishBase, a global information system with all you ever wanted to know about fishes. FishBase is a relational database with information to cater to different professionals such as research scientists, fisheries managers, zoologists and many more.

• Lexis Nexis:*
  An online database featuring news, legal journals and law reviews on a large range of topics including environmental reviews.
• MBS Online:*
  This Internet database presents current monthly economic statistics for most of the countries and areas of the world.

• Millennium Indicators Database

  Provides 48 indicators to measure progress towards the achievement of the millennium development goals. The data are available by country or by series.

• Nature Online*
  Provides access to Nature, Nature Research Journals, Nature Reviews, NPG Academic Journals and NPG Reference publications, to provide the world's premier information resource for the basic biological and physical sciences.
• Oxford Analytica *
  Oxford Analytica is an international consulting firm which provides business and political leaders with timely analysis of worldwide political, economic and social developments.
• PLoS:
  PLoS is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource.
• Proquest: *
  Provides access to thousands of current periodicals and newspapers, containing full-text articles from 1986.
• Science Direct:*
  It is one of the world's best resources for research journals, abstract databases and reference works. It forms an essential information resource for millions of scientists around the world. Through it one can create email alerts, notifications for updates in the area of interest.
• Scirus:*
  Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. Driven by the latest search engine technology, Scirus searches over 200 million science-specific Web pages, enabling you to quickly:
  • Pinpoint scientific, scholarly, technical and medical data on the Web.
  • Find the latest reports, peer-reviewed articles, patents, pre prints and journals that other search engines miss.
  • Offer unique functionalities designed for scientists and researchers.
    
• Sybworld*
  A reference tool where you can get information about world politics, economics, culture and society.
• UN Official Documents System: *
  Helps you do online full text search and retrieval of all UN documents.
• Yearbook of International Organisations
  Includes all data published in the printed Yearbook of International Organizations (Volumes 1A, 1B, 2, 3, and 4), Who's Who in International Organizations, and the whole Encyclopedia: World Problems, Strategies, Human Development, Human Values, etc.